Earlier this week I was contacted by the producers of the BBC program
“The Sky at Night” hosted by Sir Patrick Moore.

They were interested in using some of my images of the asteroid Ceres
for their upcoming show “Close Encounters” which will air at
12.40am (BST) on Monday 4th May (so late Sunday night) on BBC1, and
7.00pm on Monday 4th May on BBC4.

The BBC4 version is slightly longer and is probably the best one to
catch–this is according to the producer I have been talking to.

Here are the links for the shows. My images are in the show (it’s been confirmed by the producer) so figured I’d give you all a heads up just
in case you want to watch it.

After looking at objects dimmer than flea scat at the Texas Star Party, it was nice to get back home this evening and look at a bright crescent Moon (with Earthshine) above the Pleiades open star cluster and Mercury!

I love TSP, but I also like being back home after a ten hour drive. Great to see everyone again, and will catch up and post LOTs of photos soon.